Games like Dream Escape
by np_conpany
It's a first-person adventure game that's not terribly scary. Players will be thrown into a variety of frightening scenarios, trying to find clues and avoid deadly traps in order to escape the dream alive.
View on Steam · $5.99 →
Ranked by how similar the games actually are, not by sales. Released and Price are remembered for next time.
Closest matches
$6.99Backrooms Rec.
Mar 6 · Liminal Logic
Both: Choose Your Own Adventure · FPS · First-Person
Dive into the mysteries of the Backrooms with a solo-developed survival game. Explore eerie hallways, uncover secrets alone or in multiplayer (up to 6 players), and take on unique challenges.
MultiplayerOnline Co-OpSurvival HorrorHorrorChoose Your Own AdventureFPSFirst-PersonLocal MultiplayerPsychological HorrorAction-Adventure👍 1,832
-20%$7.99Escape the Backrooms
Oct 23 · Fancy Games, Blackbird Interactive
Both: Psychological Horror · First-Person
Escape the Backrooms is a 1-4 player co-op horror exploration game. Traverse 30+ eerie backrooms levels while avoiding entities and other dangers. Try to escape but be warned: survival isn't guaranteed.
HorrorMultiplayerOnline Co-OpPsychological HorrorCo-opSurvival HorrorFirst-PersonEscape RoomExplorationAdventure👍 137,469
$17.99Dreamcore
Jan 23 · Montraluz
Both: Psychological Horror · First-Person
Experience backrooms like never before. Dreamcore is the ultimate psychological exploration game, set in the largest liminal world ever made. No guides, no path—only intuition. Will you keep your bearings in a world designed to make you lose them?
ExplorationWalking SimulatorPsychological HorrorFirst-PersonSurreal3DHorrorNonlinearRelaxingAtmospheric👍 1,881
$6.99SERPENT AT THE VERNISSAGE
Oct 23 · a trip by daniel bock
Both: First-Person · Action-Adventure · Psychedelic
A psychedelic trip to an abandoned island paradise, where nothing is quite what it seems. Explore forgotten villas, sentient art pieces and sunken opera houses. And find your way back home before the archipelago swallows you whole.
AdventureActionFirst-PersonExplorationAction-AdventurePsychedelicSurrealAtmosphericPuzzle Platformer3D
-85%$2.69Puppet House
Oct 24 · Vecube Studio, Spirit Games Studio
Both: Psychedelic · Thriller · Psychological Horror
Puppet House is a puzzle-adventure horror with escape room elements. A freak ritual creates a killer puppet, murdering anyone who enters the ventriloquist’s mansion. Detective Rick, seeking missing locals, will soon face his greatest horror.
PsychedelicThrillerHorrorMysteryDetectiveStory RichCinematicExplorationSingleplayerPsychological Horror👍 190
$7.99No Return
Aug 2 · BlameTech
Both: Psychological Horror · First-Person · Thriller
No Return is a first-person psychological horror game set in modern-day China. With a focus on family tragedy, the story unfolds as our protagonist is mysteriously prevented from returning home by an unseen force. Can he navigate a nightmarish maze of hallways and uncover the disturbing truth?
HorrorPsychological HorrorFirst-PersonThrillerAtmosphericSupernaturalPuzzleExplorationWalking SimulatorImmersive👍 412
$5.99Dreamcore: Rabbit Hole
Apr 24 · Ankoku
Both: Psychological Horror · First-Person
Walking simulator. Explore cozy liminal spaces that feel unsettlingly familiar and spark your imagination, like a dream you’ve been in before.
ExplorationWalking SimulatorPsychological HorrorFirst-Person3DAdventureSurrealNonlinearHorrorRelaxing👍 398
$9.99SILENT BREATH
Aug 20 · EXODIAC STUDIOS
Both: Psychological Horror · Thriller · First-Person
Unpredictable horrors lurk around every corner, forcing you to find the missing people while desperately clinging to survival. In this experience even your own mind can become your enemy. Stay vigilant and keep your voice hushed, or risk becoming another victim of the forest's darkness
HorrorPsychological HorrorThriller1990'sRealisticMultiplayerDarkFirst-PersonExplorationEarly Access👍 1,125
$1.99Stray:Exotic
Jan 24 · AXing
Both: Choose Your Own Adventure · Action-Adventure · First-Person
Just as you are about to fall asleep, someone knocks on your door and leaves an invitation to participate in a mysterious trial. And you "volunteered" to participate in the experiment. There are only two things you need to do, and that is to survive and escape.
Action RoguelikeChoose Your Own Adventure3D PlatformerPuzzle PlatformerDungeon CrawlerRPGPuzzleAction-Adventure3DFirst-Person
$5.99Nightmares Mansion: Scary Dreams
Sep 12 · LIVDG LIMITED
Both: First-Person · Psychological Horror
Explore a scary mansion in the first-person adventure horror game. Talk to kidnapped souls, collect grimoires, and discover the hidden secret inside the many doors. Your soul was stolen, and you found yourself in the underworld. Can you escape?
HorrorSurvival HorrorPuzzleAtmosphericFirst-PersonDark ComedyPsychological HorrorSingleplayerExplorationMystery
$9.99Deadly Nightmare Unwanted Heritage
Jan 15 · Electrical Eagle Studio LTD
Both: FPS · Action-Adventure · First-Person
Deadly Nightmare Unwanted Heritage brings you back to the nightmare world, where your mission it so try and break the curse before 6 AM. In the first Deadly Nightmare game, you played the role of John, but this time around you take the role of his grandmother. Surviving is not easy!
ExplorationFPSArcadeAction-AdventureFirst-Person3DHorrorActionPsychological HorrorController
$9.99PANICORE
May 31 · ZTEK Studio
Both: Psychological Horror · First-Person
PANICORE is a survival horror game that mixes permadeath, AI monsters and a co-op experience up to 5 players (4 players in demo). Try to escape and don't get caught, but beware: they don't only hear your steps, but also your voice.
HorrorOnline Co-OpSurvival HorrorPsychological HorrorCo-opMultiplayerFirst-PersonPvEStealthAtmospheric👍 10,746
-80%$4.99GRAVEN
Jan 23 · Slipgate Ironworks™
Both: FPS · Action-Adventure · First-Person
Action, mystery, and a chance for redemption await you in the gritty first-person action-adventure GRAVEN. Explore a dark fantasy world as a wrongly convicted man of faith. Battle the horrors of humanity, the wilds, and beyond using armaments, magic, and the environment.
FPSExplorationShooterAction-AdventureFirst-PersonRPGRetro3DStory RichAction👍 1,064
$2.99JJJ
Sep 29 · Rotten Apple Games
Both: Choose Your Own Adventure · First-Person · Psychedelic
"A normal vacation" the three friends were thinking, when they were drawn into a macabre ending.
AdventureInteractive FictionMystery DungeonHidden ObjectChoose Your Own Adventure3DNoirFirst-PersonPsychedelicStylized
$2.99KunKun dream Startles the Soul
Jun 24 · AIKUN
Both: First-Person · Psychological Horror
Multiplayer , yes! You have been trapped in KunKun's dream, you and your trapped companions have to find a way to escape and avoid these Grotesque Object! Grotesque Objectlike playing basketball and worship chickens, hate watermelons, and even come Let me see
Online Co-OpHorrorFirst-PersonDating SimSurvival HorrorPsychological HorrorStory RichFunnyMultiplayerMultiple Endings👍 427
$3.99Kiosk
Jan 29 · Vivi
Both: Psychological Horror · First-Person · Action-Adventure
Kiosk is a horror cooking game where you prepare orders for late-night customers who visit your cozy, rain-soaked kiosk. The eerie atmosphere clashes with the mounting tension as you serve your mysterious visitors.
HorrorCookingPsychological HorrorImmersive SimPixel GraphicsFirst-PersonAction-Adventure3DAtmosphericWalking Simulator👍 2,555
-50%$3.99迷离诡夜 blurred weird night
Nov 16 · QSN
Both: FPS
I thought it was a comedy, but it turned out to be a tragedy. If there's a chance to go back in time and change something that would cause lifelong regret, would you fight with all you have? (Including story mode and zombie mode)
3DSexual ContentHorrorExplorationFPSDating SimAdventureNudityImmersive SimWalking Simulator👍 313
$5.99鬼打墙(剧情版)
Jan 5 · KX GAMES
Both: Action-Adventure · First-Person · Thriller
This is a horror game adapted from the Chinese folklore. Players need to decrypt and collect key items in different stages. Ultimately find a way to escape the foggy forest. While searching for an exit, players will be disturbed by ghosts, players need to avoid the ghosts and evade their attacks.
AdventureRPGActionPuzzleAction-AdventureHorrorPuzzle PlatformerExplorationFirst-PersonThriller👍 179
-88%$0.95Dream Cage
Feb 6 · Hitori De Productions
Both: Psychological Horror · First-Person
Robert battles early Alzheimer's and nightly sleep paralysis. Each night reveals fragments of his past. Uncover the truth and help him solve the mysteries haunting his mind.
HorrorPsychological HorrorWalking SimulatorFirst-PersonHidden ObjectExplorationPuzzleLogicCinematicAtmospheric👍 298
$59.99Until Dawn™
Oct 4 · Ballistic Moon
Both: Choose Your Own Adventure
Rebuilt and enhanced for PC – Until Dawn invites you to relive the nightmare, and immerse yourself in a gripping slasher horror where every decision can make the difference between life and death.
Choices MatterHorrorMultiple EndingsAdventureChoose Your Own AdventureSingleplayerInteractive FictionExplorationStory RichAtmospheric👍 3,566
$2.99Echoes Of The House
Nov 15 · Sordar Studios
Both: Psychological Horror · Thriller · First-Person
Christopher arrives at his grandmother's countryside home late at night for a seemingly ordinary visit. But soon after reuniting, he begins to notice something isn't right. The familiar setting warps into a place of unease, and the mystery that unravels is far more complex than anyone could expect.
HorrorStory RichPsychological HorrorExplorationSingleplayerThriller3DMysteryFirst-PersonAdventure👍 153
$7.99Hospital 666
Mar 5 · Lokin
Both: Psychological Horror · Thriller
Hospital 666 is a 1-4 player horror escape game. Traverse through eerie hospital levels while observing the occurrence of anomalies and choosing the correct elevator. Some abnormal bosses will chase you to death, and you must find the right way to escape them.
HorrorOnline Co-OpPsychological HorrorMultiplayerRealisticWalking SimulatorMultiple EndingsThrillerSupernaturalAdventure👍 1,203
$0.99The Attic
Sep 17 · IchiMakes
Both: Choose Your Own Adventure · First-Person · Psychedelic
Visual Novel and Walking Simulator style game with multiple endings. A love letter to the classical horror stories about old haunted houses, basements and ofcourse attics. Psychological horror inspired by author's experience with OCD-like symptoms and intrusive thoughts.
RPGWalking SimulatorChoose Your Own Adventure2DComic BookFirst-PersonPsychedelicHand-drawnHorrorPsychological Horror
$3.99The Lost Tape - Cellar
Jan 23 · Sardos, Turélie
Both: Psychological Horror · Action-Adventure · First-Person
A psychological horror game in which you wake up in an unknown cellar with a VHS camera and a journal. In the narrated journal, the main character will be recording their thoughts. Your task will be to get out of the cellar.
HorrorPsychological HorrorAtmosphericExplorationHidden ObjectPuzzlePoint & ClickAction-Adventure3DFirst-Person
-55%$11.24The Bridge Curse 2: The Extrication
May 9 · SOFTSTAR ENTERTAINMENT
Both: Psychological Horror · Thriller
Try to escape with your life in a first-person survival horror adventure. Play through the eyes of four distinct characters as you evade and confront terrifying ghosts, unravel mind-bending puzzles, and unearth a sinister conspiracy…
MysteryStory RichPsychological HorrorMultiple EndingsAtmosphericThrillerStealthSurvival HorrorSupernaturalExploration👍 2,497
$4.99Picayune Dreams
Dec 4 · Stepford, Andyland, milkypossum
Both: Psychedelic · Psychological Horror
Picayune Dreams is a roguelike blend of bullet heaven horde survival, and bullet hell gameplay. Adrift across the endless void, you must fend off thousands of nightmarish and otherwordly creatures. Uncover a mysterious and surreal story. And don't forget. You mu [TRANSMISSION INTERRUPTED...]
Bullet HeavenBullet HellAction RoguelikePsychedelicColorfulTop-Down ShooterStory RichSpaceTranshumanismPsychological Horror👍 4,168
$14.99Hollow Cocoon
Dec 6 · NAYUTA STUDIO
Both: Psychological Horror · First-Person
"Trapped in a cocoon, the silkworm weaves her final dream." Hollow Cocoon is a first-person horror adventure game set in 1980s Japan. Immerse yourself in meticulously recreated environments as you venture into the depths of unspeakable horrors that await you.
HorrorPsychological HorrorAdventureSurvival HorrorDarkMultiple EndingsStealthFirst-PersonIndieAtmospheric👍 865
$4.00Zort
Dec 7 · Londer Software
Both: Psychological Horror · First-Person
Zort is an action, adventure, and horror game that can be played with up to 4 people. Explore maps with your friends and have fun while escaping from various creatures. Experience a realistic horror experience with in-game voice chat with your friends!
Early AccessHorrorOnline Co-OpCo-opFunnyPsychological HorrorFirst-PersonPvEAtmosphericAction👍 11,741
$6.99Mournight
Sep 7 · Fround Interactive
Both: Thriller · FPS · Action-Adventure
A terrifying 1–4 player co-op horror game set in a cursed mansion. Use flashlights, find clues, and survive the horrors within. Every decision matters. Can you escape before the curse claims you?
HorrorActionThrillerSurvival HorrorSurrealAdventureDarkFPSAction-AdventureFirst-Person
$14.99VIDeoPHOBIA
Mar 29 · Beshbarmak games
Both: Psychological Horror · Psychedelic
You are in a room without windows or doors. The TV dimly illuminates the room. What is this, a box? How to open it? After solving the riddle, you find the TV remote control. Click... a door appeared. You step into the darkness and hear laughter... turn around and find out what's behind the screen.
Psychological HorrorPuzzleHorrorPsychedelicPsychologicalAtmosphericRealisticStory RichMultiple EndingsExploration
$9.99Absolute Fear -AOONI- / 最恐 -青鬼-
Apr 25 · LiTMUS Co., Ltd.
Both: Action-Adventure · First-Person · FPS
20 years after the birth of the legendary horror game "AOONI"... A completely new first-person, 3D horror stealth action "Absolute Fear -AOONI-" is now available! Players take on the role of a younger sister searching for her older sister in a mysterious mansion where AOONI roam.
HorrorAction-AdventureStealthDarkFirst-PersonActionMultiple EndingsFPSAdventureMystery👍 143
$9.99Spectral Scream
Aug 28 · STOIC Ent.
Both: Psychological Horror · Thriller
Spectral Scream is a 1-4 player cooperative horror exploration game. Are you ready to face death in the maw of purgatory? Your goal is to find key items in each chapter and retrieve the orb. But be careful! Threatening and vicious creatures await you at every stage.
Online Co-OpCo-opHorrorMultiplayerPsychological HorrorThrillerDemonsSurvival HorrorLogicPuzzle👍 653
$7.99Backrooms Media
Dec 16 · NPK Games
Both: Psychological Horror · First-Person
Backrooms Media is a 1-4 player co-op horror that plunges you into unsettling, hyper-realistic liminal spaces. Navigate eerie environments filled with lurking horrors. Group up with your friends to face the terror of the endless backrooms together and... try to escape.
Co-opMultiplayerCasualPsychological HorrorHorrorOnline Co-OpSurvival HorrorFirst-PersonExplorationSingleplayer👍 546
$2.99The Cost Of Bliss
Jan 5 · Andre David Dev
Both: FPS · First-Person · Psychological Horror
Force to spend a month in a psych ward to cure your addiction, you fight yourself going through painful levels of withdrawal. To cope, you make friends with a man who helps ease your pain, in exchange for unsettling favours.
ExplorationFPSPuzzlePvE3DFirst-PersonHorrorPsychological HorrorChoices MatterLinear
-50%$2.49Dollmare
Oct 24 · Alex Grade, gonzeek, Oxeren
Both: Psychological Horror · First-Person
You've accepted a shady job offer at a doll factory. Inspect dolls for defects and anomalies. Follow strange protocols. Don't get fired and stay alive.
SimulationHorror3DPsychological HorrorFirst-PersonSupernaturalControllerWalking SimulatorMultiple EndingsLinear👍 2,047
$4.99Oblivion
May 21 · Tomris Games
Both: Psychological Horror · FPS · First-Person
Oblivion is a short, story-driven first-person horror game. Uncover the truth hidden within an abandoned school — but beware, some memories were never meant to return.
HorrorSingleplayerPsychological HorrorFPS3DAdventureFirst-PersonThrillerHand-drawnEmotional
$3.99Grouls
Jul 4 · OxygenStudio
Both: Thriller · Psychological Horror · FPS
Uncover the chilling secrets of an abandoned house as Denis. Collect body parts, solve puzzles, and escape terrifying entities. Your choices shape your fate. Can you survive the nightmare?
HorrorThrillerPsychological HorrorWalking SimulatorCinematic3D PlatformerFPSRealistic1990'sFirst-Person
$2.99Deep Space Solitude
Oct 31 · 王容克
Both: First-Person · FPS
"Deep Space Solitude" is a first-person horror game. As a journalist, you investigate the disappearance of a scientist in a remote cabin, tackling puzzles, challenges, and fear to survive.
HorrorSurvival HorrorFirst-PersonSingleplayerAtmosphericGoreFPSExploration3D PlatformerSandbox
-30%$2.79The Exit 8
Nov 29 · KOTAKE CREATE
Both: Psychological Horror · First-Person
You are trapped in an endless underground passageway. Observe your surroundings carefully to reach "The Exit 8".
ExplorationPuzzleWalking SimulatorHorrorImmersive SimPsychological HorrorUndergroundFirst-Person3DSurreal👍 10,955
$4.99RealEscape
Dec 18 · RealMINT ai
Both: FPS · Action-Adventure
Enter The Lethe, a forsaken asylum where reality and nightmare blur. In RealEscape, solve puzzles, uncover dark secrets, and face terrifying challenges alone or with friends in multiplayer and find your escape room player type. Can you escape the twisted maze, or will you become another lost soul?
Puzzle PlatformerExplorationTime ManagementFPSDungeon CrawlerHidden ObjectPuzzleAction-Adventure3DHorror
$8.99Psychopomp GOLD
Oct 24 · Fading Club
Both: Psychological Horror · First-Person
Psychopomp is BACK. The catacombs stretch down farther than ever before. Your entire life has been a lie. Delve into the depths, and discover the horrors that lie below. More realms, more modes, more secrets. An ancient voice calls to you from the center of the earth. Will you answer it?
Psychological HorrorSurrealAtmosphericFemale ProtagonistDungeon CrawlerAdventurePsychologicalAnimeFirst-PersonCute👍 4,887
$16.99Hollowbody
Sep 12 · Headware Games
Both: Psychological Horror · Action-Adventure
A tech-noir survival horror short story, set in the urban decay of a long abandoned British city. Solve environmental puzzles, manage limited resources and fight for a way to escape beyond the wall.
Survival HorrorPsychological HorrorThird PersonPost-apocalypticAction-AdventurePuzzleExplorationFemale ProtagonistShooterCyberpunk👍 1,467
$3.99Paragnosia
Oct 24 · Sine Coda
Both: Psychological Horror · First-Person
Observe every corner of your apartment by moving your camera along a rail that runs through the rooms. Find and take pictures of paranormal anomalies to exorcise them. Locked in your surveillance room, will you survive tonight's 8 rounds?
Psychological HorrorHidden ObjectAtmosphericHorrorStealthPuzzleFirst-Person3DTime ManipulationRealistic👍 229
$3.99Parasomnum
Oct 15 · Lara the Pitbull
Both: First-Person · Psychological Horror · Thriller
Minimalistic horror experience that offers 25-90 minutes of suspenseful gameplay as you try to escape from this unnerving reality.
HorrorFirst-PersonPsychological HorrorSingleplayerSupernaturalThrillerSurvival HorrorDarkExplorationAtmospheric
-80%$0.99Eyes: The Horror Game
May 20 · Fearless Games
Both: First-Person
You break into the mansion at night. It’s huge and built like a maze. You're trying to escape, but the monster is after you! The chase begins. RUN!!
AdventureHorrorSurvival HorrorExplorationDarkPuzzleSimulationDemonsInteractive FictionFirst-Person👍 932
-20%$7.99DREAMIO: AI-Powered Adventures
Mar 5 · Oleg Skutte
Both: Choose Your Own Adventure
DREAMIO is a 'choose-your-own-adventure' game where stories and visuals are dynamically created through the power of generative AI in response to your decisions. Explore endless worlds with limitless possibilities; go anywhere, do anything.
RPGText-BasedChoose Your Own AdventureProcedural GenerationArtificial IntelligenceVisual NovelAdventureTypingChoices MatterMultiple Endings👍 169
$3.99SCP-087
Jul 18 · EerieAdv
Both: Psychological Horror · First-Person · Thriller
SCP-087 is a first-person horror game centered on paranormal events. In a seemingly quiet laboratory, players take on the role of truth-seekers, compelled to delve ever deeper into the building. However, escape is not an option, forcing them to endure a personal descent into hell!
AdventureExplorationHorrorPsychological HorrorWalking SimulatorPuzzle3DFirst-PersonActionThriller
$6.99Nuclear Nightmare
Oct 20 · BG Productions
Both: First-Person · Psychological Horror
Venture forth as part of a specialized team of fellow players tasked with retrieving classified materials, evading the black goo virus, and the nightmarish entities it has spawned. With time running out before the US government initiates a devastating nuclear strike to contain the spreading menace.
Online Co-OpSurvival HorrorHorrorCo-opFirst-PersonPsychological HorrorMultiplayerAtmosphericExplorationOpen World👍 15,409
-50%$12.49Blood West
Dec 5 · Hyperstrange
Both: FPS · First-Person
Weird west legends meet eldritch horror in BLOOD WEST, an immersive stealth FPS. Become the Undead Gunslinger, doomed to roam the barren lands until he manages to purge their curse, freeing his soul. 3 varied scenarios, perk-based character progression, and 20+ hours of gameplay await you!
FPSOpen WorldWesternStealthRPGRetroHorrorImmersive SimFirst-Person1990's👍 6,137
Also worth a look
Share some of the same DNA, but further from the original.
$13.99Homicipher
Nov 1 · 八名木Games
Both: Choose Your Own Adventure
Homicipher is a language deciphering and exploration ADV based on the concept of "romance with horror men." The protagonist, who has wandered into another world, interacts with non-human beings to decipher their language while striving to escape.
OtomeHorrorVisual NovelFemale ProtagonistAtmosphericMultiple EndingsText-BasedChoices MatterChoose Your Own AdventureWord Game👍 7,822
$0.99The Cooking Class First Course
Jul 21 · Another Dev Company, The Handsome Mesh
Both: Action-Adventure · Psychological Horror · Choose Your Own Adventure
The Cooking Class - First Course, is a story driven short game. A rainy, foggy night in the Nova Scotian suburbs, a girl at home, alone. What can go wrong?
Horror1990'sFemale ProtagonistPoint & ClickAction-AdventurePsychological HorrorStory RichHidden ObjectChoose Your Own Adventure3D


